Contact with grandparents

[meow1989]

Please hear me out, I a absolutely understand the idea of social distancing, isolation and reducing spread.

However. Dh and I are both key workers

Argh it sent before I wrote it!
Anyway; dh and I are both keyworkers. We have a 20m ds. We are both required to work (dh 5 days me 3).

I dont feel comfortable with the key worker nursery provision if I'm honest- I worry that not only is my ds (and the other key workers children)going to be paced at

Oh for goodnessaake, I'm so sorry my screen got broken today so typing is a nightmare!

Greater risk due to the rher children's parent being more likely to come into contact with cv ad therefor pass it back (ad then to the key workers which is worrying again!). I am in th vulnerable group so have to work from home but am likely to e redeployed to support another way. Dh parents (under 70, good helth) are our option for childcare- what else are we supposed to do? An if ds is seeing them for child care is there any reason we should limit contact on a non work day with them? Ie go for dinner at the house at the weekend? What about my mother who is social distancing and working from home but is desperate to see ds (I know ; we ant all have what we want in this crisis)- can we see her on the understanding that she is taking her own risk (presumably ds being in nursery mass him the high risk to pass r on)?

What I suppose I'm asking is : why can't we take a informed risk when the government is expecting th risk for my household to be increased for the greater good (which I am not criticising as such, i have put the families of other above my own for 10 years)

I am SO sorry for the painful structure ad spelling of those posts.

Hi, I totally feel your pain over your dilemma. I am in similar position, my kids are my mum's life and I'm an HCP with a key-worker place at the nursery for kids who's parents are mostly HCPs. I've taken the painful decision to give up work and take the kids out of nursery this evening, as I'm a locum so I can do this. I'm lucky enough that my mum has been able to offer financial assistance otherwise I'd be totally stuck and I'd have to withdraw contact.

Is your mum going to see the kids? Its all so unknown and heartbresking isnt it?

Yes she is, but we will be virtually self isolating too, not going anywhere or seeing anyone apart from my mum's in the car and using deliveries as far as possible. If there is total lock down we will be moving in.